Muscovy ducks / duckling to adult photos.

[Fitzmas]

Hi. I’m hoping to get a large assortment of Muscovy duckling to mature duck photos.
My goal is to learn duckling identification and likelihood of adult coat pattern

thank you for participating

 

[Daphne_loves_mealworms]

6sh weeks:

Just under 8 weeks:

3 months:

 

[Daphne_loves_mealworms]

4 months:

6 months:

 

[Daphne_loves_mealworms]

8 months:

10 months:

 

[Daphne_loves_mealworms]

1 yr:

3 yrs:

I guess you didn’t really need to see my white Muscovy grow up!

 

[ruthhope]

Daffy, my all yellow, fluff ball, muscovy has surprised us all. Photos July 19 when ~1 day old; August 6 when thriving ; August 24 with some adult feathers; September 29 adult plummage; October 12 -- moulting

 

[Daphne_loves_mealworms]

Daffy, my all yellow, fluff ball, muscovy has surprised us all. Photos July 19 when ~1 day old; August 6 when thriving ; August 24 with some adult feathers; September 29 adult plummage; October 12 -- moulting

Wow! I never would have guessed that he(?) would develop that coloring based off his(?) first photo! Does duckling beak/bill coloring help one guess, in general, what color an adult will be? My white hen always had a pink beak/bill, whereas my pied hen had pink with a black tip. Your solid colored ‘Scovy appeared to start off with a darker beak/bill. Does that mean anything at all?

 

[Fitzmas]

Her daffy is a black barrred. The barred ones start off with just color at the ends of the tail.

 

[Daphne_loves_mealworms]

Her daffy is a black barrred. The barred ones start off with just color at the ends of the tail.

Thank you! I’m very glad OP started this thread as I know very little (obviously) about coloring beyond what I’ve seen with my Muscovy flock …of two… one of which is white I’m looking forward to learning more as more folks respond!

 

[Quatie]

I never had them as ducklings, but I am very interested in learning more. Plus, who can resist more cute duck pictures.